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Research Interests
Our research activities are focused on the application of phylogenetic analyses to understand how biodiversity is generated and maintained. Current research topics include:
- Historical biogeography and evolution of the reptiles and amphibians around the westernmost Mediterranean.
- Uses of Phylogenies to study evolutionary, ecological and biogeographical processes: the North African and Arabian arid reptile faunas.
- Island biogeography and evolution
- Conservation of the Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi)
Recent Publications (2012)
- Sindaco R, Metallinou M, Pupin F, Fasola M, and Carranza S. Forgotten in the ocean: systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Trachylepis skinks of the socotra archipelago Zoologica Scripta in press
- Rato C, Carranza S, and Harris DJ. Evolutionary history of the genus Tarentola (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from the Mediterranean Basin, estimated using multilocus sequence data BMC Evolutionary Biology in press
- Vasconcelos R, Brito J, Carranza S, and Harris DJ. Review of the distribution and conservation status of the terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands Oryx in press
- Llorente G, Vidal-García M, Garriga N, Carranza S, Pleguezuelos JM, and Santos X. Lessons from a complex biogeographic scenario: morphological characters match mitochondrial lineages within Iberian Coronella austriaca (Reptilia: Colubriade) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society in press
- Garcia-Porta J, Litvinchuc S, Crochet PA, Romano A, Geniez Ph, Lo-Valvo M, Lymberakis P, and Carranza S. (2012) Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63:113-130 [pdf]
- Vasconcelos R, Perera A, Geniez Ph, Harris DJ, and Carranza S. (2012) An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands Zoological Journal of the linnean Society 164:328-360 [pdf]
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